The Wallabies will play a pre-Rugby World Cup Test against Samoa on September 7 at Parramatta’s new Bankwest Stadium, Rugby Australia announced on Monday.
It is the only match the Wallabies will play in Sydney this year and it will be their final hitout before flying out for the World Cup in Japan.
Samoa are ranked 17th in the world with Australia sixth.
Samoa famously upset the Wallabies in Sydney in 2011.
“With the World Cup in our sights this year we really want to build some momentum to help take our game up a level or two, I think that’s really important for us,” Wallabies coach Michael Cheika said.
“We will have a few new tricks up our sleeve this season so we might look a little different to what most people may expect.
“I’d say we’ll be going into this season’s tournaments — the Rugby Championship, the Bledisloe Cup and the World Cup — as underdogs but we will be doing everything we can to make 2019 our year.
“To play a team like Samoa in our takeoff game for the World Cup will be perfect.
“They have a mix of razzle-dazzle and physicality which will be exactly what we need before stepping out against Fiji in Sapporo.
“In front of our home crowd in a brilliant new stadium in Western Sydney it should double as plenty of fireworks as well as plenty of fun for everyone.”